adfgergaehg

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   by adfgergaehg 5y ago

   If and when that happens I'll re-evaluate. I don't buy the SpaceX marketing about the Starship for a millisecond. (And I'm baffled why a government contractor that isn't publicly-traded is marketing to the public in the
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   by adfgergaehg 5y ago

   Cheap by the metric SpaceX is optimizing for, i.e. mass to LEO / price of launch.
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   by adfgergaehg 5y ago

   There's a strong "Mars settlement is impossible" sentiment going on, which is different. I am all for exploring space. I just loathe the fact that we have billionaires with no technical training calling the shots. (Well, mayb
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   by adfgergaehg 5y ago

   We have always had too much launch capacity. You will notice that every program estimates prices based on how many launches occur a year, with the price going down the more launches there are. Large launch vehicles are less expensive per ma